It is now known that government workers earn higher wages and have better benefits than private sector workers in the same or similar position. Therefore, I think it's time to start looking at some of the perks the private sector workers don't get, but have to pay for, or else Ohio will end up on the California/Illinois trophy head-on-the-wall award for bad fiscal management. Like this one for Ohio State University faculty and staff employees, for instance.
"If your dependent will be taking classes during summer term and you have an eligible regular appointment of at least 50 percent full-time equivalency, your family members can enjoy the benefits of higher education at a lower cost."
It's been awhile since I looked, but I think "family" has a rather broad definition in this case. Like the foster child of your same sex partner (not sure about opposite sex partner's foster child). And there is a "cap" on the benefits, but it's over
$8,000 $6,000 per semester/quarter (in the process of changing from quarter to semester system).
It is now known that government workers earn higher wages and have better benefits than private sector workers in the same or similar position. Therefore, I think it's time to start looking at some of the perks the private sector workers don't get, but have to pay for, or else Ohio will end up on the California/Illinois trophy head-on-the-wall award for bad fiscal management. Like this one for Ohio State University faculty and staff employees, for instance.
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That's odd. Foster children are usuall out of the system of state supervision and care by age 18.
The full benefits for dependents is at http://hr.osu.edu/hrpubs/ben/overviewbook.pdf#tuition
But it looks like you could adopt someone at age 17 and cover the tuition to age 24. Don't know about a foster child being out of the system. I suppose there's a way to continue him as a dependent even if the state doesn't recognize him as a foster child and isn't paying you for his care.
Here's OSU's description of eligible dependent for tuition help:
Eligible Dependents
• Your spouse or same-sex domestic partner
• Your natural-born or adopted child
• Your spouse’s or same-sex domestic partner’s natural-born or adopted child
• Your foster child
• Your spouse’s or same-sex domestic partner’s foster child
• Dependent children age 23 or younger and eligible to be claimed or age 24 or older and claimed as a dependent on the employee or same-sex domestic partner’s Federal Form 1040 U.S. Individual Tax Return for the academic year for which tuition is requested
Better take a lawyer with you when applying. Sounds complicated.
I didn't know foster children were placed with gay couples.
According to GayBBoom.com gay couples have all the same ways to create family as anyone else, including "random hook-up" which appears to be the cheapest way.
http://www.gaybboom.com/my/gay_parent_chart.php. And yes, fostering is one.
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